Nov. 15 George Lopez at the Wilbur Theatre. www.thewilbur.com

Nov. 16 “An Evening With Livingston Taylor & Special Guest Chelsea Berry” at Newton North High School. www.historicnewton.org

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“Future Beauty: Avant-Garde Japanese Fashion” opens at the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem. www.pem.org

Nov. 19 “Colin Quinn Unconstitutional” at the Paramount Center. www.colinquinnunconstitutional.com

Nov. 20 “A Christmas Story, The Musical” opens at Citi Wang Theatre. www.citicenter.org

Nov. 23 and 24 The Mystic Chorale at Tremont Temple. www.brownpapertickets.com

Nov. 24 Wayne Shorter80th Birthday Celebration at Symphony Hall. www.celebrityseries.org

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Nov. 29 José Mateo Ballet Theatre’s “The Nutcracker” opens at the Duxbury Performing Arts Center in Duxbury (see website for additional venues). www.ballettheatre.org

Handel and Haydn Society’s “Messiah” opens at Symphony Hall. www.handelandhaydn.org

Nov. 30 The Capitol Steps’ “Fiscal Shades of Gray” at Sanders Theatre in Cambridge. www.ofa.fas.harvard.edu/boxoffice

Dec. 1 New England Ringers’ “Joy in Bronze” at Rogers Center for the Arts at Merrimack College in North Andover. www.newenglandringers.org

Dec. 5 “Rights of Way: Mobility and the City” opens at BSA Space. www.bsaspace.org